Acts 5:23

saying, The prison we found shut in all security and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we opened them, we found no one within.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

In Context

22But the officers that came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and brought word,

24And when the priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were at a loss concerning them, to what this would come.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He that sitteth in heaven will laugh; The Lord will have them in derision.

Proverbs 21:30Wisdom is nothing, and understanding is nothing, And devices are nothing, against the LORD.

Lamentations 3:55I call upon thy name, O Jehovah, from the deep dungeon;

Daniel 6:22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no wrong.

Matthew 28:12And having assembled with the elders, and taken counsel together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Acts 5:19But an angel of the Lord in the night opened the prison-doors, and brought them forth and said,

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:18-26

The Apostles Imprisoned; The Apostles Released by an Angel; The Disappointment of the Council. 17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they heard that, they… Read the whole commentary →

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